American Revolution (1775-1783)
Total U.S. Servicemembers 217,000
Battle Deaths 4,435
Non-mortal Woundings 6,188
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total U.S. Servicemembers 286,730
Battle Deaths 2,260
Non-mortal Woundings 4,505
Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (VA estimate) 106,000
Battle Deaths (VA estimate) 1,000
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Total U.S. Servicemembers 78,718
Battle Deaths 1,733
Other Deaths in Service 11,550
Non-mortal Woundings 4,152
Civil War (1861-1865)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Union) 2,213,363
Battle Deaths (Union) 140,414
Other Deaths in Service (Union) 224,097
Non-mortal Woundings (Union) 281,881
Total Servicemembers (Conf.) 1,050,000
Battle Deaths (Confederate) 74,524
Other Deaths in Service (Confederate) ¹ 59,297
Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate) Unknown
Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 306,760
Battle Deaths 385
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 2,061
Non-mortal Woundings 1,662
World War I (1917-1918)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 4,734,991
Battle Deaths 53,402
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 63,114
Non-mortal Woundings 204,002
Living Veterans Less than 50
World War II (1941 –1945)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 16,112,566
Battle Deaths 291,557
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 113,842
Non-mortal Woundings 671,846
Living Veterans 3,525,769
Korean War (1950-1953)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 5,720,000
Battle Deaths 33,741
Other Deaths (In Theater) 2,833
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 17,672
Non-mortal Woundings 103,284
Living Veterans 3,256,925
Vietnam War (1964-1975)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 8,744,000
Deployed to Southeast Asia 3,403,000
Battle Deaths 47,424
Other Deaths (In Theater) 10,785
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 32,000
Non-mortal Woundings 153,303
Living Veterans 8,054,993
Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 2,322,332
Deployed to Gulf 694,550
Battle Deaths 147
Other Deaths (In Theater) 235
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 1,590
Non-mortal Woundings 467
Living Veterans 2,015,235
War on Terrorism (2001 – Present)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 1,390,765
Deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan 185,329
Battle Deaths 1,674
Other Deaths (In Theater) 563
Non-mortal Woundings 15,991
Living Veterans ² 433,398
America’s Wars Total
U.S. Military Service During Wartime 43,185,893
Battle Deaths 652,696
Other Deaths (In Theater) 14,416
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 525,223
Non-mortal Woundings 1,447,281
Living War Veterans 18,155,573
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